Vang Lee, left, and Victor Chang act out a scene from a traditional Hmong play at the Marathon County Public Library at the 2012 kickoff event for Hmong Heritage Month.

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The theme for April's Hmong Heritage Month events will be Together We Can Live the Dream.

The theme reflects the growth of Hmong-American culture in north central Wisconsin, said event co-chairwoman Ying Lee Xiong of Antigo, a board member on the Wausau Area Hmong Mutual Association.

This will be the 11th year of Hmong Heritage Month, which got its start as Hmong History Month as the last Hmong immigrant wave was beginning from an unofficial refugee camp at Wat Tham Krabok in Thailand. As those newcomers settled in the Wausau area, found jobs, bought homes, the nature of the celebration ...